Inhaltsbereich
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Oliver Heidbach
Helmholtz Centre PotsdamGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 2.6, Seismic Hazard and Stress Field
Telegrafenberg, H6 302
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 2814
Fax: +49 331 288 1127
Mail: oliver.heidbach@gfz-potsdam.de
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Helmholtzstraße 6, 14467 Potsdam
Scientific interests:
- stress observations and analysis of crustal stress patterns
- 3D geomechanical numerical models of the crustal stress state
- forward modelling of scenario earthquakes based on stress release
- analysis and simulation of co-, inter- and postseismic stress transfer
- quantification of the 3D pore-pressure stress coupling process
- analysis of geomechanics of induced and triggered seismcity
Projects:
- WSM - World Stress Map Project (www.world-stress-map.org): Global compilation of crustal stress data (TV report in German: http://www.rbb-online.de/ozon/archiv/ozon_vom_08_02_2010/erde_in_spannung_.html)
- CASMO - Create A Stress Map Online: Generation of user specific stress maps
- MEMO - Marmara Sea Earthquake Modelling: Simulation of scenario earthquakes in the seismic gap south of Istanbul based on geomechanical numerical models of the seismic cycle.
- ILP Task Force VII - Numerical Geomechanical Modelling (Chairman): Aim of this network is to establish an international network of geoscientists with expertise in 3D geomechanical modelling and to organize workshops and sessions at international conferences.
- PPSC - Pore-Pressure Stress Coupling: Analytical and numerical quantification of the feedback process between fluid injection/depletion of reservoirs and the 3D stress state.
- HAI - Helmholtz Alberta Inititave - Stress Reservoir Modelling: Geomechanical numerical modelling of the 3D absolute stress state in the Alberta Basin, Canada.
- The Geysers & GEISER - Thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling for deeper understanding of induced seismicity in the geothermal field The Geysers.
- Regional Stress Studies in: Switzerland, Canada, South Africa, Italy and Germany.
Career:
2009 Associate Professor (University Karlsruhe)
2009 Habilitation in Geophysics (Lecturer, University Karlsruhe)
2000 PhD in Geophysics (LMU München)
1995 Master in Geophysik (Diplom, LMU München)
Experience:
| 05/94 – 10/95 | Institute of Geophysics, LMU University Munich, KTB-Project |
| 11/95 – 07/99 | German Geodetic Research Institute DFG-Project Geodynamic Mediterranean |
| 07/99 – 10/00 | German Geodetic Research Institute DFG-Project Jordan Rift Dynamic |
| 11/00 – 03/03 | Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities World Stress Map Project |
| 04/03 – 12/08 | Assistant Professor (C1), Geophysical Institute, Universität Karlsruhe Head of the Tectonic Stress Group PI in the Collaborative Research Centre of the DFG 461 Strong Earthquakes |
| since 01/09 | Senior Researcher, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 2.6 Head of the Working Group "Stress data analysis and geomechanical numerical Modelling" Head of the World Stress Map Project |
Lecturing
- Plate tectonic and crustal stress
- Geodynamic modelling
- Theory of Finite Elemente Method
Miscellaneous
- Supervision of three PhD thesis and ten Diploma thesis
- Organizaton of numerous international conference, workshops and conference sessions (AGU, EGU, ESF)
- Reviewer for several international reserach institutions and journals (e.g. GJI, GRL, Geology, J. Geodyn., Tectonophysics, EPSL)
- Editor of the Tectonophysics Special Issue "Frontiers of Stress Research", Vol.482,1-4, pp.238, 20 papers
Selected publications:
Top five
Heidbach, O., Tingay, M., Barth, A., Reinecker, J., Kurfeß, D. & Müller, B., (2010). Global crustal stress pattern based on the World Stress Map database release 2008, Tectonophysics, 462, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.023.
Schoenball, M., Müller, T.M., Müller, B. & Heidbach, O., (2010). Fluid-induced microseismicity in pre-stressed rock masses, Geophys. J. Int., 180, 813-119, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04443.x.
Tingay, M., Heidbach, O., Davies, R., and R. Swarbrick (2008). What triggered the 29th May 2006 LUSI mud eruption? Mechanics of earthquake and drilling-induced triggering. Geology, 36 (8), 639-642, doi: 10.1130/G24697A.1.
Westerhaus, M., J. Altmann, and O. Heidbach (2008), Using topographic signatures to classify internally and externally driven tilt anomalies at Merapi Volcano, Java, Indonesia, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2007GL032262
Heidbach, O., J. Reinecker, M. Tingay, B. Müller, B. Sperner, K. Fuchs, and F. Wenzel (2007), Plate boundary forces are not enough: Second- and third-order stress patterns highlighted in the World Stress Map database, Tectonics, 26, TC6014, doi:10.1029/2007TC002133.